Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Signal downplays encryption key flaw, fixes it after X drama

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

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Signal is finally tightening its desktop client's security by changing how it stores plain text encryption keys for the data store after downplaying the issue since 2018.

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Did it get leaked or something?

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